Pregnant at 45!

"I'm planning for a healthy pregnancy and also planning for a loss. If the baby dies now, what do I need to do? That's a little weird. People who haven't had loss aren't thinking through all that." —RalucaOn this episode we're talking about being pregnant at 45 with Raluca.After three pregnancy losses and being told the odds were really small, this fourth pregnancy feels like a miracle—but the further along she gets, the more she has to loseBeing 45 meant having time to reparent herself, establish her career, and live her best life before becoming a mom—giving everything to someone else won't feel like she didn't get enoughHolding the polarities of excitement and fear means planning for both a healthy baby and potential loss—a level of sophistication that comes from experience with griefMental health support shouldn't only be available to "identified patients"—normal prenatal care should include conversations about sleep, postpartum planning, and protecting mom's wellbeingThree losses taught deep compassion for patients experiencing loss and vulnerability in pregnancy—understanding how fragile everything is makes the preciousness of being here more realMy book When Good Moms Feel Bad is available everywhere you buy books.For more information and to join the community go to momparts.com